Your experience will depend on your group, but their culture of dishonesty let me down. - Senior Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
25 Dec 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting engineering work but understaffed.

Cons

After 5 years at Qualcomm my experience was mixed. It depends very much on the specifics of your group and management. If you join as an expert in your field you may find yourself working with inexperienced generalists who do not know what they are doing and rely on your expertise but who are then able to take all the glory. This is compounded by racial cliques in some small teams. From my management I got very mixed messages, heaping praise on the one hand then stabbing me in the back when it counted. It sounds nutty but In the end I encountered a pervasive culture of dishonesty from my managers up to and including senior HR that soured me to this company.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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